Trump tweets Justice Dept. criticism despite Attorney General Barr's threat to quit
President Donald Trump re-tweeted a claim that he was "the victim of a seditious conspiracy out of the" Justice Department and the FBI.
President Donald J. Trump and US Attorney General William Barr depart after delivering remarks on citizenship and the census in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday, July 11th, 2019 in Washington, DC.Donald Trump That post referenced so-called "astonishing emails" that show former Justice Department official Rod Rosenstein "had many Obama/Clinton and media friends" supporting him when he "infamously appointed" former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel.
Trump has raged since early in his presidency about the investigation by the Justice Department and FBI into Russian interference in the 2016 election, which Trump won, and contacts by Trump campaign officials and others affiliated with the president with Russians during and before the campaign. Mueller took over that probe as special counsel in 2017.
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